In both of these examples, we have a single adjective and two nouns. My question is how we can determine whether the adjectives are distributed to both nouns or not. In the first example, are we talking about good shields and good swords/sabres, or are we talking about regular shields and good swords? In the second, are we talking about wild donkeys and wild horses, or are we talking about wild donkeys and non-wild horses?

Is there any syntax rule that would make this clear? Is there something about the placement of the adjective (for example, in the second, it follows the first noun, which might break it up – I'm just not sure)? How would you take each of these, and could you give a reference to point me in some direction on it?

Nor does the division seem sound and regular.—The conjunction between the two adjectives was rightly supplied by H. Stephens. The passage is partly in Greek, and has some obscurity; but is explained by one in Book XVI. chap. viii. where he says, that an axion is διεζευγμενον, the very word used here, is of this form: “Either pleasure is an evil, or a good, or neither good nor evil,” and this kind of distribution is very frequently used by Aristotle; and was common with writers of strict logical precision.